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No. 525,155. Patented Aug. 28, 1894.

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I UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

ARD D. NEFF, OF PETERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA,

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 525,155, dated August28, 1894.

pp ca io fi e December 1, I890. Renewed January 22, 1894. Serial No.497,718- (No model) To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARD D. NEFF, acitizen of the United States; residingat Petersburg, 1n the county of Huntingdon and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Gate, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to gates, and the object of the same is toproduce improvements upon devices of this same general characterheretofore constructed.

To this end the invention consists of the specific details ofconstruction hereinafter more f ully described and claimed, and asillustrated in the drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of myimproved Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional views of different arrangements ofconnection between the Wires and the end-bars of the gate. Fig.

t is an enlarged elevation of the brace With its ends and the cornersockets in section.

Referring to the said drawings, the letters H designate horizontal and Vvertical tubes which are screwed at their ends into sockets S at thefour corners of the gate, the threads upon the opposite ends of thevertical tubes being alike, but the threads upon the opposite ends ofthe horizontal tubes being different so that when these tubes are turnedin the proper direction the end-bars or tubes will be moved from ortoward each other and the gate will be lengthened or shortened asdesired and for a purpose hereinafter described. Oast integral upon twoof the sockets S as shown are earsE having perforations as seen in Fig.4 which are adapted to turn upon the pintles of any preferred form ofhinge, the same constituting no part of the present invention.

The letters W designate wires, preferably corresponding with thehorizontal wires of the fence in which my improved gate may be located,and these wires connect the vertical tubes V, as best seen in Fig. 1.They may be connected in pairs by a simple twist T outside the verticaltubes as seen in Fig.1; the wires W may pass through holes in the tubesand be held in place by wedges J, as in Fig.

' all the wires.

2; or, if the wires W be each of two strands, these strands may bepassed through the tube, separated at the outside thereof, led thencearound the tube, and connected by a twist T, as seen in Fig. 3. Thehorizontal wires W being thus put in place and connected to the endtubes, the horizontal tubes H are given several turns in the properdirection to tighten The advantage of passing the wires W through theend-tubes is that when this tension is applied these .wires do not causethe tubes to rotate. v I

The letter D designates a diagonal brace which I employ for preventingthe sagging of thegate. This brace has one end squared as at Q andseated in a correspondingly-shaped socket C, which is formed in one ofthe sockets S. The other end of the brace is threaded as shown andpasses loosely into the other socket C, and a nut N engaging the threadsbears against the outer end of this socket. By this construction ofparts the nut may be turned to adjust the length of the brace. Thesockets O are cast integral with the inner lower and upper outer cornersockets S and the braces are used upon short or light gates, the bracingaction of the braces being given by pressure upon their opposite ends.

What is claimed as new is In a gate, the combination with the cornersockets, and-bars connecting them, of; cupshaped sockets on the innerfaces of the inner lower and upper outer corner sockets, one of saidcup-shaped sockets being internally square and the other internallycylindrical, a stifi diagonal brace having a square end loosely seatedin the square socket and having its other end threaded and looselyseated in the cylindrical socket, and a nut on said thread bearingagainst the end of the socket, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARD D. NEFF.

Witnesses:

B. S. RUMBERGER, B. K. NEFF.

